ECTS
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Course details
Course code: BBS10169o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: POPULATION GENETICS
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Magdalena Zaton-Dobrowolska
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student will come a knowledge on mechanisms affecting the genetic structure of natural and breeding populations.
Competences: Student after this course can take a work in foundation, which care of protected species.
Prerequisites: genetics
Course content: The course includes following questions: genetic equilibrium of a population, factors affecting frequencies of genes and genotypes in a population, theory of small populations, value and variability of quantitative trait, genetic parameters characterizing a population, selection of quantitative traits, genetic trend in a population and genetic distances between populations.
Recommended literature: FALCONER D.S., MACKAY F.C. 1997: Introduction to quantitative genetics. Longman, Harlow ŻUK B.1973: Metody genetyki populacji w hodowli zwierząt. PWRiL Warszawa FALCONER D.S. 1974: Dziedziczenie cech ilościowych. PWN Warszawa
Assessment methods: Completion classes and exam; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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